Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [RFC] Add kernel<->userspace ABI stability documentation | From | Jes Sorensen <> | Date | 01 Mar 2006 09:35:14 -0500 |
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>>>>> "Gabor" == Gabor Gombas <gombasg@sztaki.hu> writes:
Gabor> On Wed, Mar 01, 2006 at 02:53:56PM +0100, Lars Marowsky-Bree Gabor> wrote: >> The fact is that now we have user-space and kernel space tied >> together much more intimately than ever; udev & sysfs being the >> prime examples these days, and then it's not that some figure in >> top is wrong, but "oops my network no longer loads and the box is >> 400 miles away".
Gabor> IMHO this is not a good example as there is really no reason to Gabor> install udev on such a box at all. Remember: KISS. Having a Gabor> static /dev and /etc/modules filled in (or even better, a Gabor> monolithic kernel) is far more reliable to administer.
Gabor> On a desktop machine when you are plugging in various Gabor> USB/Firewire/etc. devices all the time udev works great. On a Gabor> remote server there is no real need for udev.
Problem is that a lot of sites rely on 'enterprise' distros (SLES, RHEL, etc.), so if those use udev, the users will end up with it as well.
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